- present participle of obsess.
obsessing
Example Sentences
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Investors have spent months obsessing over Treasury yields.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
But at Constellation, there are stalwarts of the AI safety community who have spent more than a decade obsessing over it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
We will stop obsessing over money and fighting over resources and instead organize our society around generosity and kindness.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Lee Feaster said that before his son’s arrival at USC, Boobie was obsessing for months over USC’s playbook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
If Sam and Joe had turned their new interest outward, Jesse and Eric characteristically went the more solitary route, obsessing over hardware, code, hacking, and games.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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